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Method of forming conductive pattern, wiring substrate, electronic device and electronic equipment

a technology of conductive pattern and wiring substrate, which is applied in the direction of conductive pattern formation, liquid/solution decomposition chemical coating, and conductive pattern formation, etc., can solve the problems of conductive pattern being easily peeled off from the substrate, the electroless plating method involves, and the conductive pattern cannot be sufficiently adhered to the substrate. , to achieve the effect of high reliability

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-27
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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The present invention provides a method for forming a conductive pattern on a substrate with superior conductivity and better adhesion with the substrate. The method involves preparing a substrate, forming a metallic core containing metallic particles, and covering the surface of the metallic core with a plating layer. The metallic particles are formed by a droplet ejecting method and the plating layer is formed by electroless plating. The method can prevent the metallic core from peeling off from the substrate and ensures good adhesion with the substrate. The conductive pattern formed using this method has superior conductivity and can be used in electronic equipment.

Problems solved by technology

However, the electroless plating method involves problems such as follows.
Namely, in the case where a conductive pattern is formed on a substrate by means of the electroless plating method, the conductive pattern cannot be sufficiently adhered onto the substrate.
For these reasons, when a conductive pattern is formed so as to have a larger thickness by means of this method, there is a problem in that such a conductive pattern is likely to be easily peeled off from the substrate.
In addition, there is another problem in that it is difficult to manufacture a conductive pattern having reliable quality because of the poor adhesion of the conductive pattern to the substrate.
On the other hand, the method using metallic particles involves such problems as follows.
Namely, when a conductive pattern is formed using metallic particles, the metallic particles are supplied onto a substrate in the form of ink droplets, and thus there is a limit on the amount of the metallic particles to be contained in each ink droplet and its patterning preciousness.
Therefore, there is a problem in that a gap is likely to be formed among the metallic particles, and thus when a conductive pattern having a relatively large area is formed, crack or breaking is likely to occur.
Further, in this method, a binder is contained in the ink for holding the metallic particles in each ink droplet, and this makes it difficult to form a conductive pattern having low resistance.

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[0059] Hereinbelow, a description will be made with regard to the first embodiment of the conductive pattern forming method according to the present invention.

[0060]FIG. 2(a) to FIG. 2(g) are illustrations which show steps for forming a conductive pattern according to the fist embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, an upper side in FIGS. 2(a) to FIG. 2(g) is referred to as “upper” or “top” and a lower side in these figures is referred to as “lower” or “bottom”.

[0061] The conductive pattern forming method shown in FIG. 2(a) to FIG. 2(g) include a metallic core formation step (1A) and a plating layer formation step (2A). Hereinbelow, these steps will be explained in this order.

[0062] First, as shown in FIG. 2(A), a substrate 2 on which a conductive pattern 3 is to be formed is prepared. As for the substrate 2, various types of substrates can be used. Examples of such substrates include non-metallic substrates such as silicon wafer, silica glass substrate...

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[0111] Next, a description will be made with regard to a second embodiment of the conductive pattern forming method according to the present invention.

[0112]FIG. 3(a) to FIG. 3(c) are illustrations which show steps for forming a conductive pattern according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, an upper side in FIGS. 3(a) to FIG. 3(c) is referred to as “upper” or “top” and a lower side in these figures is referred to as “lower” or “bottom”.

[0113] The following description concerning the conductive pattern forming method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will focus on the difference from the conductive pattern forming method of the first embodiment, and the common descriptions will be omitted.

[0114] Namely, the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment excepting that a primary layer 4 is formed prior to the formation of the metallic core 31. The conductive pattern formation method shown in FIG. 3(a) to ...

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[0165] At first, a metallic core formation material was prepared. As for the metallic core formation material, a solution in which silver particles having the average particle size of about 5 nm are dispersed in an organic solvent (“PERFECT SILVER”, product of ULVAC Materials, Inc.) was prepared, but its dispersant, that is the organic solvent was changed to tetradecane.

[0166] In the above metallic core formation material, the amount of the silver particles was 60 wt % and the viscosity was 8 mPa·s, and the surface tension was 0.05 N / m.

[0167] The metallic core formation material was ejected onto a glass substrate using an ink-jet printer head manufactured by SEIKO EPSON Corporation so as to draw a pattern as shown in FIG. 1. In this regard, it is to be noted that the ink-jet printer head was obtained by modifying an ink-jet printer head of a printer PM950C (manufactured and sold by SEIKO EPSON Corporation) so as to be able to stand for organic solvents.

[0168] Next, the metallic c...

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Abstract

A method of forming a conductive pattern having superior conductivity and better adhesion with a substrate is provided, thereby enabling a thick conductive pattern to be formed. The method comprises the steps of preparing a substrate, forming a metallic core containing metallic particles on the substrate by a droplet ejecting method so that the metallic core has a pattern substantially the same as the predetermined conductive pattern, and forming a plating layer so as to cover the surface of the metallic core by carrying out at least one electroless plating to thereby obtain the conductive pattern. A wiring substrate having the conductive pattern formed by the method, an electronic device provided with the wiring substrate and electronic equipment provided with the electronic device are also provided.

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CROSS-REFERENCE [0001] The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-311589 filed on Oct. 26, 2004 is expressly incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] This invention relates to a method of forming a conductive pattern, a wiring substrate, an electronic device and electronic equipment, and more specifically relates to a method of forming a predetermined conductive pattern, a wiring substrate on which the conductive pattern is formed, an electronic device provided with the wiring substrate and electronic equipment provided with the electronic device. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] As a method of forming a conductive pattern (wiring pattern), there are know an electroless plating method and a method using metallic particles. One example of the former method is disclosed in JP-A 07-131135 and one example of the latter method is disclosed in JP-A 2003-315813. [0006] However, the electroless pl...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C25D5/02C25D5/54
CPCC23C18/2006H05K3/125H05K3/246H05K3/386H05K2201/0347H05K2203/013H05K2203/0716C23C18/1605C23C18/2033C23C18/208C23C18/30H05K3/10
Inventor MATSUI, KUNIYASU
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP